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Letter to a Fairy

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“If you have an old tree in your garden with a knothole or hollow in it, you are very lucky! This is a fairy mailbox and, for hundreds of years, people have used these to communicate wishes to the fairies. On a new moon, write a short letter with your wish on a small piece of paper. Place a flower in it and put it in the hollow. By the full moon, they should give you an answer!.”

–The Magical Garden: Spells, Charms, and Lore for Magical Gardens and the Curious Gardeners Who Tend Them by Sophia Sargent

Magic Sunflowers

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“Growing sunflowers in your garden, especially in the front of your home, is said to bring all sorts of good luck. They dispel pests and negative energies as well. Marigolds do much the same, but to a lesser degree. If you cut down a sunflower at sunset at the winter solstice, and then make a wish, it is supposed to come true before the next sunset!”

–The Magical Garden: Spells, Charms, and Lore for Magical Gardens and the Curious Gardeners Who Tend Them by Sophia Sargent

Magic Ferns

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“If you stand silently at midnight surrounded by ferns and you can hear no sound, then Puck, the most feral fairy, will appear to you and give you wealth—this is called “watching the fern” and is an ancient custom.”

–The Magical Garden: Spells, Charms, and Lore for Magical Gardens and the Curious Gardeners Who Tend Them by Sophia Sargent

Magic Stones

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“Specially shaped stones express the powers of the Earth in special ways and should be treasured. Stones with natural holes in them grant wishes and should be hung up in a garden. Stones with faces are said to contain gnomes—powers of the Earth—and can be planted in the garden and asked for help. They are said to help heal ill plants.”

–The Magical Garden: Spells, Charms, and Lore for Magical Gardens and the Curious Gardeners Who Tend Them by Sophia Sargent

Respect The Tools

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“My grandfather always insisted that tools had feelings and wills of their own. This meant that if you treated a tool well, it would make work easy and help you even when you weren’t looking for help, but if you mistreated or neglected a tool, it might get angry and turn on you or get sullen and slow the work.”

–The Magical Garden: Spells, Charms, and Lore for Magical Gardens and the Curious Gardeners Who Tend Them by Sophia Sargent